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M GoodRosest 



Vol. 1, No. 3 



Over 24,000 Miles 



In Search of 

 The World's Best Roses 



It was thrilling! 



No ordinary sightseeing tour abroad 

 could compare with it, for this was a 

 journey of exploration with eyes open in 

 eager expectancy for the triumph of 

 discovery. 



We were hunting rose men and hunting 

 new and rare roses. Can you imagine 

 anything more delightful? 



But why — you ask, were rose men and 

 new roses, objects of deepest interest? 

 Because "Star Roses" must measure up 

 to a star-high standard. We strive that 

 every rose we sell shall bring joy to the 

 purchaser and to the purchaser's friends. 

 JOY, and not disappointment. It is our 

 business to take the kinks out of rose 

 growing, to make the pathway to rose joy 

 easy and smooth for you readers of 

 "Good Roses." 



Well! That means that we must do 

 many things; one of them is that we must 

 know so much about roses that no truh' 

 worthy rose, as soon as it can be obtained, 

 shall be left out and also that no second 

 ■ rate rose shall find a place on our Honor 

 Roll of Star Roses. 



Europe, including the British Isles, is a 

 great rose growing country. But from 

 191-t to 1918 Europe stopped growing 

 roses. Before the War, growers there 

 would bring out about 200 new kinds 

 every year, and now they are at it again. 

 That is about 10 times as many new sorts 

 each year as "come out" in America. 



First-hand in formation we must have, 

 therefore, with Mr. Nicolas of our Re- 

 search Department, I this year had the 

 rare opportunity to inspect the rose work 

 among the foremost rose growers in 

 Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Eng- 

 land, Scotland and Ireland. We attended 

 Shows of the National Rose Societies in 

 England, Holland and Germany and 

 meetings of the National Rose Societies in 

 all these countries and in France. Men 

 of each nation entertained us in their 

 homes, in the most cordial fashion, and 

 freely opened to us the best they had. 



The results of our journey will not 

 appear all at once as readers of "Good 

 Roses" will learn in subsequent issues. 



In America are many different climates, 

 in Europe there is also a difference, though 

 less. European prize winners may not 

 thrive here and vice versa, and for that 

 reason we expect to make full and careful 

 use of our testing grounds and our Research 

 Department so as to protect our patrons 

 against possible lovely misfits. 



Robert Pyle, President, 

 THE CONARD-PYLE COMPANY 



Star Rose Growers 



Robert Pyle with Peter L.\mbert 

 and family, Trier, Germany. Mr. Lambert 

 is the world noted rosarian who produced 

 the famous rose, Kaiserin Auguste Vik- 

 toria, also the magnificent Snow-white 

 Frau Karl Druschki. 



AUTUMN, 1925 



Did you have any trouble with 



mildew or black-spot this season? We had 

 almost none and attribute our luck to con- 

 sistently dusting with ALL-IN-ONE dust 

 mixture every week or ten days. There 

 may have been other reasons why our 

 plants grew so thrifty and the foliage was 

 so fine, but, having used the dust this year 

 regularly, we give it the credit for protect- 

 ing the plants from these fungous diseases. 

 * * * 



Among the new hybrid tea roses 



those that have performed remarkably 

 well are: Mabel Morse, pure deep lemon 

 yellow and large full flower. Betty Up- 

 richard, medium in size, fine carmine, 

 salmon and copper color, long bud and 

 sweetly fragrant — for vigor of growth it 

 ranks with Radiance. Rev. Page Roberts 

 is proving itself one of the grandest, large 

 flowered yellows, and Etoile de Feu, red- 

 dish orange (of the t>'pe of Mme. Edouard 

 Herriot), is very free in bloom. For a 

 tinted Rose, Miss Willmott, is a leader. 

 Edel is showing up as one of the grandest 

 whites we have ever seen. The flower 

 is large, perfectly double and fragrant. 

 In the field it has shown more continuous 

 bloom than any other Rose, with the 

 possible exception of Radiance and Red 

 Radiance. 



SEPTEMBER and 

 OCTOBER, with 

 their cool hazy days 

 and moderate sun- 

 shine,areideal months 

 for producing the 

 most perfect Roses. 

 If possible, come and 

 see nearly 50,000 

 Hybrid Tea Roses in 

 bloom in one of our 

 fields. You can choose, 

 while here, the kinds 

 you would like to 

 have in your garden 

 and perhaps you can 

 also pick up some 

 useful hints about 

 growing that will 

 enable you to have 

 prize-winning blooms 

 ne.xt June. Our rose- 

 fields are well worth 

 a visit any time. 

 Fall is a good time 

 to plant. 



Rosa Hugonis {Illustrated Below) 

 Mere wordy descriptions cannot visualize for you the fairy 



beauty of this lovely rose, when in full bloom in early May, at 



the same time as the narcissus and other Spring flowering bulbs. 



The picture below gives some idea of the graceful growth, with 



the branches covered on both sides, to the very tips, with lovely 



yellow blooms. 



A Hugonis rose, surrounded with brilliant yellow nodding 



daffodils, makes a sight worth seeing. 



Price, vS1.50 each, 5 for S7.00. E.xtra size, $2.50 each, 5 for 



§12.00, delivery not prepaid. 



Rosa Hugonis (The Golden Rose a( China) . Price $1.50 each or S for $7JI0 



